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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended a section of the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ that prohibits state and local governments from enacting artificial intelligence regulations or laws for 10 years.
“I like it in its current form. I mean, I know the President supports it in its current form, so we’ll see where that goes,” Johnson said, according to POLITICO.
“We have to be careful not to have 50 different states regulating AI, because it has national security implications, right?” he added.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) voiced her concerns about the AI provisions, saying she wouldn’t have supported the bill if she knew it contained the section.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene strongly disagree over a provision in the “big, beautiful bill” that he considers vital for national security, but that she views as a violation of states’ rights. https://t.co/FerYrJNfKh
— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) June 5, 2025
From POLITICO:
Greene wrote on X Tuesday that the moratorium is “a violation of state rights” and that she was unaware it had been included in the bill. Her opposition could endanger the final version of the bill that passed the House last month by a one-vote margin. She reiterated her concerns in a floor speech Wednesday.
“I warn against the dangers of protecting a tech industry where we have no idea of the future of what this industry will hold,” Greene said. “When we look to the future, we cannot take away states’ rights to regulate or make laws to protect the people in their state or to regulate businesses that operate in their state.”
Johnson said in response, “I understand Marjorie’s initial concern, but I think it can be explained,”
The moratorium faces a long road in the Senate due to the chamber’s so-called Byrd rule, which blocks anything but budgetary issues from inclusion in reconciliation — the process Republicans are using to get around a Democratic filibuster.
“It will surely be challenged under the Byrd rule, and it’s not clear if it would survive that challenge in the Senate,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, told reporters Tuesday regarding the provision.
“The Big Beautiful Bill contains a provision banning state & local governments from regulating AI. It’s worse than you think. It would make it easier for corporations to get zoning variances, so massive AI data centers could be built in close proximity to residential areas,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said.
The Big Beautiful Bill contains a provision banning state & local governments from regulating AI.
It’s worse than you think.
It would make it easier for corporations to get zoning variances, so massive AI data centers could be built in close proximity to residential areas. pic.twitter.com/w7pLJLq4nZ
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) June 5, 2025
A closer look:
“I’m not voting for the development of skynet and the rise of the machines by destroying federalism for 10 years by taking away state rights to regulate and make laws on all AI. Forcing eminent domain on people’s private properties to link the future skynet is not very Republican,” Greene responded.
“Also, AI is going to replace a vast array of human jobs, everything from media to manufacturing to even construction through AI computer systems and robotics. That means in my manufacturing district, that currently has a 2.8% unemployment rate, AI will replace many human jobs,” she added.
I read it worse than that.
I’m not voting for the development of skynet and the rise of the machines by destroying federalism for 10 years by taking away state rights to regulate and make laws on all AI.
Forcing eminent domain on people’s private properties to link the future… https://t.co/RN1zpPRfTT
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) June 5, 2025
Full text:
I read it worse than that.
I’m not voting for the development of skynet and the rise of the machines by destroying federalism for 10 years by taking away state rights to regulate and make laws on all AI.
Forcing eminent domain on people’s private properties to link the future skynet is not very Republican.
Also, AI is going to replace a vast array of human jobs, everything from media to manufacturing to even construction through AI computer systems and robotics
That means in my manufacturing district, that currently has a 2.8% unemployment rate, AI will replace many human jobs.
And my district with the one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country could go to one of the highest unemployed districts in the country.
And with this clause, the state of GA would have no way to regulate or make laws to protect human jobs, property rights, and the safety and security of people of the state of Georgia.
This may get stripped out in the Senate. But if not and it’s still in there, when we get to vote again I’m voting NO on this bill. And any future bill we see this little snake rare it’s ugly head again.
The Daily Signal reports:
Asked by The Daily Signal on Wednesday whether he would remove the moratorium provision for Greene, Johnson suggested it was there to stay.
“No, I’ve been talking to Marjorie about that. There’s a lot of analysis that goes into this, some of it you have to receive in the SCIF,” referring to what’s called a sensitive compartmented information facility. “ … It’s classified. We have to be careful not to have 50 different states hyperregulating AI, because it has national security implications,” said Johnson, R-La., adding:
“If some of the deep blue states smother it with regulation, as they’re prone to do, then it might hamper our development, and it could put us in a compromised position against our enemies, China and others.”
He suggested that Congress would regulate the industry with federal legislation.
“I think there’s a federal response that’s appropriate here. I think we can do it in a way that protects federalism, and it’s important to point out that the states still have the authority under law to pass criminal laws and laws of general applicability, so we’re not taking away states’ rights.”
WATCH:
.@SpeakerJohnson tells me he doesn’t want to throw out a provision @RepMTG has criticized in the one big beautiful bill which blocks state regulation of AI
@RepMTG has said she won’t vote for the bill with these provisions in it
@DailySignal pic.twitter.com/CbkggN8E6F
— George Caldwell (@GCaldwell_news) June 4, 2025